My neighbor usually bugs out for Europe in the summer. 3 years ago a coyote took up residence under his back deck and had a litter of pups. They tore up and chewed up everything in sight. The next year we found 2 dead pups and a den behind my barn (right off my driveway). My point is they are becoming more opportunistic and less afraid of human contact. I catch a glimpse of them quite often here and there but have never had a close encounter. That's just a matter of time. I usually carry a J frame or a compact 9 when on a walk in the neighborhood. Something larger if I'm in the woods out back. Maybe it's time to rethink my choice of carry or at least my loads.
2 hogs were shot in a friend's corn field a few miles from me recently and to my knowledge, were the first in our county. So that ****storm is coming too!
What next? Zombies?